School stories

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 45, 28 April 1987, Page 14

School stories

A random selection of imaginative stories from pupils of Room 12 at the Ohakune Primary School. Stories are invited from other schools in the Waimarino Bulletin distribution area.

OUR ADVENTURE by K. Dowsett One day Alice and I decided to go for a dinghy trip down the river. I was staying at Alice's place so we went to my place to get two life jackets and the dinghy. At Alice's place was a river, so we pumped up our ribber dinghy and we paddled downstream. We had been travelling for about ten minutes when we heard the chiming of a clock. We pulled up on the shore, tied the dinghy up and went to investigate. Just around the bend was a big old spooky house. We went up to the front door. Alice knocked. There was no reply so we went in. Someone grabbed Alice from the side of the door. I quickly ran out the door before he saw me. 1 untied the dinghy and started going upstream. It 100k a while but I got there. I went up to the house. I told Alice's Dad. He got in the dinghy and we started downstream. I pointed to where the house was. I tied the dinghy to the tree. As we approached the house, we heard the whistle of a kettle. The front door was wide open and there sitting at the table was Alice and this man with grey hair. Alice explained why he grabbed her. Because he hadn't seen or touched anybody in eleven years. From that day on Alice and I went to see Larry every weekend. DREAMER by Jenni Frew Last night I had a very strange dream. Fifty-three little golliwogs it seems, were running up and down the stairs in teddy bear underwear. People were looking, laughing, smiling and pointing. When all of a sudden 53 little golliwogs pulled out ' j laser guns and shot down all t the looking, laughing, smilJ ing and pointing people. The I lasers coming out of the gun were pink and purple and full of fun, but once they reached the people they changed their colour from i pink and purple and full of

fun to an icy heart of blue and white. All in the middle of the night. What a fright! The next morning when I got up and started yawning, a pair of teddybear underwear was lying on my dark brown stairs. MY NIGHTMARE by Stacey Sue Last night I had a nightmare. A creature came up behind me and roared down at me. I didn't know what to do. I started to panic. All of a sudden I remembered that I had something in my pocket. I couldn't remember exactly what it was. I put my hand in my pocket felt around and pulled out a candy bar. At that moment I had a stupid idea that I should give the candy bar to the creature. I put my hand out and the creature came close and took a bite of the candy bar, then took another bite and ate the rest of it. The creature chewed on it for a while then I got a big big shock and the creature asked where I got it from. In a muffled voice I said, "Johnny Nation's", and the creature walked away. All of a sudden my alarm rang. It was 7.48 in the morning. The next day was my birthday and I was coming home. A creature came up to me. I got a fright but it was only my sister dressed up and teasing me. Thank goodness. THE 75TH JUBILEE MATCH by Hamish On Saturday, the 14th of February almost the whole of Ohakune came down to Rochfort Park to watch a good game of Rugby. The first game kicked off at 2.00. It was between Ohakune Golden Oldies and King Country Foresters. I reckon the Gold from the Ohakune side fell off as we saw them get thrashed. At half past three the midgets came on with six All Blacks on each side but it ended as a tie

though. At ten to four the game of the day came on between Ohakune Karioi Lions and the 75th Jubilee team. It had 15 All Blacks reps from around the country and a couple of locals. But in the final minutes the 75th Jubilee team won the game. LIVING IN A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN - RUATORIA by Nicola This is a story about living in a small country town and going to a small school. In a country school there were not many happenings and you know everyone including the new infants. Everyone knows all the teachers and relievers. There were lunch orders, a van came up with the orders and you paid for them. They often had extra food so you could buy it. There was a dress code. Girls had to wear skirts or dresses and the boys had to wear shorts all year round because it wasn't cold enough to wear trousers or jeans. The town was pretty small. A lot of groceries and other items like clothes and shoes you had to go to Gisborne for which was an hour and a half to two and a half hours away. The town was a real farming town with a big forestry and numerous sheep and cattle farms. There were a few goat farms but very few. We used to go to the college, primary school pool or the river or the beaches for swimming, so we had a lot of choices. It was neat living in a small town.

wedding. The wedding was held in Ahipara where my Uncle's wife to be was waiting. We set up the tables for the wedding food. All the other kids went down to the beach on horseback but I stayed behind. When the wedding was going to begin I had to go and get them. Uncle said I could use the motorbike. So I rode down to the beach to get them. I found them all swimming so I told them the wedding was going to begin so all of them got dressed and we all rode back. When we got there the wedding had just begun. After the wedding ceremonies we all sat down to eat. It was a nice meal. After that all of the children went out to ride on the motorbike.